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The Night That Made America Famous is a 1975 musical revue featuring the songs of Harry Chapin.The music consists of a combination of songs written for the musical and songs from Chapin's four previous albums, the latter including "What Made America Famous?", a song about a plumber who rescues a group of hippies from a fire.
The song shows a man, his girlfriend, and kids living in a rundown home. Eventually, a house fire starts, and they need rescue. It is continually asked in the song if anybody cares. It ends with the firefighters waiting to respond to "let them sweat a little", and the plumber ends up saving everyone in the home.
A Special Tony Award in 1984 for becoming Broadway's longest-running musical; Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1976; First ever Broadway production with 4,000, 5,000 and 6,000+ performances; Revival in 2006 (759 performances) 8 Oh! Calcutta! (1976 revival) R 5,959 [8] September 24, 1976: August 6, 1989: Original production in 1969 (1,314 performances)
Yip Yip Yaphank is a 1918 musical revue by Irving Berlin. He wrote and produced the show during World War I, after he was drafted into the United States Army and was serving in 152nd Depot Brigade at Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York. The military revue was performed by the soldiers of Camp Upton. It moved to Broadway after a brief tryout at the ...
Featuring songs with music by Elton John and lyrics from Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears, the stage show will play its final Broadway performance at the Palace Theater in New York City on ...
I Am What I Am (Broadway musical song) I Believe in You (Frank Loesser song) I Dreamed a Dream; I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store) I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg (song) I Love a Piano; I Wanna Be Loved by You; I Wish It So; I'll Be Seeing You (song) I'll Never Fall in Love Again; I'll Put You Together Again; I'll See ...
Hence, accurate pre-1984 gross data is not available and this list should not be considered accurate for musicals that premiered on Broadway before that year. The Lion King sits at the top, with a Broadway gross of $2 billion. Dates refer to original Broadway productions, with notes added for future productions that outran the Broadway run.
In 2010, the song was used in an episode of Glee's first season called "Home", sung by Kristin Chenoweth. In 2015, Shanice Williams performed this song live in the Broadway/television adaptation of both the film and Broadway version of The Wiz. Gladys Knight performed the songs at a BET 85th Birthday Celebration Tribute to Quincy Jones in 2018.